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A "what would you do" scenario
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<blockquote data-quote="M.Magis" data-source="post: 1334288" data-attributes="member: 14175"><p>I had a long story typed out, but I'll try to keep this short so as to not waste anyone's time. I've got a calf born Sat I'm a little concerned about, but not sure it's justified. It appears to be a preemie, I tubed it with about ½ a quart of colostrum supplement shortly after birth (more to this story as to why), and it looks like it MAY have sucked it's mom by Sun morning. It's very small, doesn't get around great, but the last few times I checked it Sun it was always up and walking, though far from being steady. I'm actually a little unsure if it can even see, it just wanders like it can't. I did see it search out the cows teats and bang around a little Sun evening, but never saw it actually nurse. The cow's teats have grown the last few years and this was her last year for that very reason (that and her rear quarters are no good). They're not huge, but certainly big for such a small calf. At what point do you determine a calf is or isn't getting enough to eat? A lot is dependent on what I find when I get home from work. If I have to bottle feed it to keep it alive I certainly will, but I want to give the cow every chance to do her job. I just don't want to wait too long at the calf's expense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M.Magis, post: 1334288, member: 14175"] I had a long story typed out, but I’ll try to keep this short so as to not waste anyone’s time. I’ve got a calf born Sat I’m a little concerned about, but not sure it’s justified. It appears to be a preemie, I tubed it with about ½ a quart of colostrum supplement shortly after birth (more to this story as to why), and it looks like it MAY have sucked it’s mom by Sun morning. It’s very small, doesn’t get around great, but the last few times I checked it Sun it was always up and walking, though far from being steady. I’m actually a little unsure if it can even see, it just wanders like it can’t. I did see it search out the cows teats and bang around a little Sun evening, but never saw it actually nurse. The cow’s teats have grown the last few years and this was her last year for that very reason (that and her rear quarters are no good). They’re not huge, but certainly big for such a small calf. At what point do you determine a calf is or isn’t getting enough to eat? A lot is dependent on what I find when I get home from work. If I have to bottle feed it to keep it alive I certainly will, but I want to give the cow every chance to do her job. I just don’t want to wait too long at the calf’s expense. [/QUOTE]
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